Thesaurus:play music

Thesaurus:play music

THESAURUS

play music

English

Synonyms

• cook    [WS] (slang)

• jam

• play

• put on

Hyponyms

By style:

To play the style of the same name, unless otherwise stated.

• jazz

• rock

• rock and roll

By instrument:

To play the instrument of the same name, unless otherwise stated.

• bow

• drum

• fiddle

• fife

• flute

• guitar    [WS] (rare)

• pipe

• tickle the ivories (idiomatic)

• violin

• xylophone

• zither

By method:

• backspin

• beatbox

• glee

• harmonize

• rag

• shred (slang)

Other:

• cook    [WS] (slang)

• jukebox

• play by ear

• play out

• session

• strike up

• tune up

Further reading

• “416. musician” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “play music” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.